Carpaccio at the Scuola Dalmata

A wonderful memory this. Last time we were in Venice, with the Daughter, we visited the Scuola Dalmata (Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni). Though it’s high up the “must see” lists in the guide books, we were the only people there, and had a delightful personal introduction by the custodians (still members of a descendant of the original confraternity). The cycles of paintings in the lower room by Vittore Carpaccio from about 1502 onwards are hugely engaging: here’s St George, and the dragon is about to meet its master …

Those paintings have so stuck on my mind that I’ve wanted for a while to get better acquainted with Carpaccio’s work. So I bought myself as a birthday present this year the quite beautifully produced catalogue for a Carpaccio exhibition a couple of years ago. Wonderful illustrations and interesting and enlightening essays. Here’s a short video of that same exhibition.

But I have also just now discovered that the Scuola Dalmata also has an online virtual tour, which gives a really good impression of Carpaccio’s cycle of paintings in their home. Enjoy!

Footnote: I didn’t know this. But beef carpaccio, the dish, is named after Vittore Carpaccio. Giuseppe Cipriani, the founder of Harry’s Bar in Venice, who invented the dish in 1950, was reportedly put in mind of the artist because of a major exhibition of his work held in the Doge’s Palace at the time.

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